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1. MY JOURNEY WITH PMP
EXAM
PRESENTED BY ENG. ABDUL-RAHMAN BASHEER

2. Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Why become a PMP?
1.2. PMP Vs. PRINCE2
1.3. Certificate requirements
2. Manage the exam as a project
2.1. Initiation
2.2. Planning stage
2.3. Executing
2.4. Monitoring & controlling
2.5. Closing

3. 1. INTRODUCTION
WHY PROJECT MANAGEMENT
HOW I GOT THE CERTIFICATION DURING 218 DAYS WITH 4,765 $

4. 1.1. WHY BECOME A PMP?
- HOW CAN I IMPROVE AND DEVELOP MY KNOWLEDGE
- HOW CAN I BE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER

5. 1.2. PMP VS. PRINCE2
SELECTION PROJECT CERTIFICATE AND
ANALYSIS BENEFITS

6. 1.3. CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS
• A four-year degree (BACHELOR’S or the global equivalent) and at least THREE
YEARS of project management experience, with 4,500 hours leading and directing
projects (Direct and manage the work) and
• 35 hours of project management education

7. 2- MANAGE THE EXAM AS A PROJECT
2.1. Initiation
2.2. Planning stage
2.3. executing
2.4. Monitoring &
controlling
2.5. Closing

8. 2.1. INITIATION
DETERMINE THE BUSINESS CASE
- Organizational need from this
certification .
- Lessons learned and historical
information from certified
engineers

9. 2.1. INITIATION
DEVELOP PROJECT CHARTER
• Am the sponsor , and the
customer
• Expert judgment

10. 2.1. INITIATION
IDENTIFY STAKEHOLDERS
• Internal and external
stakeholders
• Determine the key stakeholders
• Identify the interest ,
expectations and influence
• Create stakeholder register

11. 2.2. PLANNING STAGE
• collect requirement
• Meeting
• Expert judgment
• Interviews
• Focus group
• Questionnaires and survey
• Brainstorming and nominal group
technique .. Etc
• Document analysis

12. 2.2. PLANNING STAGE
• How I will manage the work
easier and provides as
structured vison of what has to
be delivered

13. 2.2. PLANNING STAGE
• Define the scope
• Create project scope statement
• Decomposition the work to create the
work break down structure
PMP CERTIFICATION
Before
reservation
for exam #1
Before
reservation
for exam #2
After
reservation
for exam

14. 2.2. PLANNING STAGE
• Define activities
• Sequence activities
• Estimate activity duration
• And develop the schedule

15. 2.2. PLANNING STAGE
Define activities
WBS #1 Before reservation for exam #1
• 1.1 attend primavera courses
• 1.2 attend project management fundamentals courses
• 1.3 read project management books
• 1.4Watching recorded videos
• 1.5 attend virtual class room wiziq.com
• 1.6Solving question

16. 2.2. PLANNING STAGE
WBS #2 Before reservation for exam #2
• 2.1 reread project management body of knowledge (PMBOK)
• 2.2 Watching recorded videos
• 2.3 Solving question

17. PROJECT SCHEDULE

18. 2.2. PLANNING STAGE
• Estimate costs by using all tools and techniques of estimation cost
• Determine budget and create the cost bassline

19. 2.2. PLANNING STAGE
• Identify risks and Create risk register
• analysis positive and negative risk by performing qualitative and quantitative
analysis
• Plan risk response
develop the project management plan

20. 2.3. EXECUTING
• Acquisition . Virtual team
• training , ground rules ,recognition and rewards
• observation and conversation , conflict management . Etc

21. 2.3. EXECUTING
• Direct and manage the work
• primavera p6 software courses and earned 19.5 PDUs
• attend project management fundamental courses and earned 23
PDUs

22. 2.3. EXECUTING
• Exploit social media and website to my project
(Facebook, LinkedIn , YouTube ,WhatsApp, telegram ,etc )

23. 2.3. EXECUTING
Manage communication and
stakeholder engagement to
meet their needs &
expectation

24. 2.3. EXECUTING
• Reading various project management books

25. 2.3. EXECUTING
3- Solving more than 70 question per day and track the clarification for
my correct and wrong answer
4- Average degree 65 -70 %
5- Completed registration process for project management professional
examination / get the approve E-mail from PMI

26. 2.3. EXECUTING
• Before reservation for exam #2 WBS #2
• Reread PMBOK 3 times
• Watching new videos about project management
• Solving more questions
• Average of correct answer increased to 70- 80 %

27. 2.3. EXECUTING
• WBS #3
• Reserve a seat for exam on 1Decmber 2016
• Reserve room for hotel near the examination center /hotelscombined
.com
• visa and ticket for Istanbul
• Solving more than 200 questions per day

28. 2.4. MONITORING & CONTROLLING
• Comparing actual duration and cost with planed and
prevent scope creep
• forecasting & develop estimate at completion
• prevent unnecessary change
• Assessing performance
• Identify new risk /contingency reserves /closing of
risks that are outdated /examine the effectiveness of
risk responses

29. 2.5. CLOSING
• Finalizing all activities across all of the project management process
and documenting lesson learned and archiving it for other pmp
student